With the power company not really operating in a free market model,

Sep 25, 2017
10:27:48am

rerunc All-American

is it possiable that they have to balance sales, with keeping market price down (due to government oversight), and being able to supply the power needed?

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Rocky Mountain Power home energy report: why is mine so high? Anybody else have this issue?

jdub Unofficial CB Pollyanna

9/25/17 10:16am

It always says that. They include vacant homes, smaller homes and average it

CSoul

9/25/17 10:18am

So, they use deceptive practices to try to get people to conserve? Not sure how I feel about that.

jdub

9/25/17 10:20am

They renamed themselves Dominion, they aren't even trying to hide it anymore

CSoul

9/25/17 10:21am

You're confusing the natural gas utility with the electric power utility

Hinta

9/25/17 10:23am

Yes, you are right. I forgot that Rocky Mountain are the good guys

CSoul

9/25/17 1:56pm

why would they sincerely want people to conserve? they make money from selling

Bostonblue

9/25/17 10:24am

Maybe part of their rate-setting agreement with the state is that spend a % on promoting conservation

jdub

9/25/17 10:28am

right. I just had always assumed that its part of their rate agreement with the

Bostonblue

9/25/17 10:32am

because if people will conserve they won't have to build more $300Million power

Nat Gas Man

9/25/17 11:28am

No. The more people conserve, the less power they sell.

Bostonblue

9/25/17 2:58pm

Not true, the growth outstrips any savings, but it takes 20 years to break even

Nat Gas Man

9/26/17 8:44am

Yeah, that doesn't add up. I'll have to check my report and see how we compare.

rerunc

9/25/17 10:19am

They're lying to you

Indy Coug

9/25/17 10:20am

It's strange they want you to conserve. They are selling a product, you'd

monteburns

9/25/17 10:24am

Their biggest costs are infrastructure which is based on peak usage. They don't

rcbyufan

9/25/17 10:27am

With the power company not really operating in a free market model,

rerunc

9/25/17 10:27am

They don't really want to keep prices down, but don't want more usage either

Nat Gas Man

9/25/17 11:29am

As a utility they are pretty much guaranteed to make a profit. When people use less

John Doe

9/25/17 10:35am

I show the same on my report. It would be more helpful if they showed me in comparison to the people on my block or on

Rhino84

9/25/17 10:48am

do you have issues with ghost power....cell phone charges, etc. that use power

Nat Gas Man

9/25/17 11:31am

I've had the same experience. I think the comparison is skewed. I think it's

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